The Messengers
The Messengers
The Messengers
Junior Walker & The All Stars
Junior Walker & The All Stars
Junior Walker & The All Stars
The Originals
The Originals
David Ruffin & Jimmy Ruffin
David Ruffin & Jimmy Ruffin
David Ruffin & Jimmy Ruffin
David Ruffin
David Ruffin
Stoney & Meatloaf
Stoney & Meatloaf
Stoney & Meatloaf
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Eddie Kendricks
Eddie Kendricks
Eddie Kendricks
The Rustix
The Rustix
The Rustix
Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Valerie Simpson
Valerie Simpson
Lodi
Lodi
Lodi
The Four Tops
The Four Tops
Richard “Popcorn” Wylie
Richard “Popcorn” Wylie
Richard “Popcorn” Wylie
My Friends
My Friends
My Friends
Chuck Jackson
Chuck Jackson
G.C. Cameron
G.C. Cameron
G.C. Cameron
Sunday Funnies
Sunday Funnies
Sunday Funnies
The Elgins
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
The Supremes
The Supremes
The Supremes
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Jack Hammer
Jack Hammer
Jack Hammer
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Suzee Ikeda
Suzee Ikeda
Suzee Ikeda
Tom Clay
Tom Clay
Tom Clay
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Temptations
The Temptations
The Temptations
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Tony Lewis and Carol Lewis
Tony Lewis and Carol Lewis
Tony Lewis and Carol Lewis
Bobby Taylor
Bobby Taylor
Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston
Rare Earth
Rare Earth
Rare Earth
Junior Walker & The All Stars
Junior Walker & The All Stars
Junior Walker & The All Stars
The Rustix
The Rustix
Virgil Henry
Virgil Henry
Virgil Henry
The Undisputed Truth
The Undisputed Truth
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Gladys Knight & The Pips
The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5
Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin
Dave Prince
Dave Prince
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
The Supremes
The Supremes
The Supremes
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Patti Jerome
Patti Jerome
[Verse 1]
When I was just a child of a man
Lord, about the age of two
Mama told me, "Son, there's a song to sing
When anything's bothering you
It's a simple song, it's guaranteed
To take a big load off of you
So when you get the feeling like the roof's coming in
Mama's song will pacify you"
[Chorus]
Singing down, down, don't you get down
Take it on the chin, son
Down, down, don't you get down
Take it on the chin, son
[Verse 2]
Twenty years later, I met me a woman
Looked like a breath of spring
She had the sun in her hair, fire on her lips
And Lord, I gave her everything
But she stepped through me and she twisted my head
Feel I couldn't take it no more
But I could still see the look on her face
As I walked on through the door
[Chorus]
Singing down, down, don't you get down
Take it on the chin, son
Down, down, don't you get down
Take it on the chin, son
Yeah, alright
[Guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
Newspapers, television talkin' 'bout making love and war
People running here, people running there
Everybody's looking for a door
But no one's gonna open it, no one's got the key
No one knows what's ever wrong
So I lock myself inside my head
And sing my momma's song
[Break]
[Verse 4]
People, when my God comes-a callin' me
To answer for what I've done
I won't die like a coward of a man
I never did hurt anyone (No, no, no, no)
And I did my best to see life through
Though the struggle was hard and long
And as I laugh 'til my peace lasts
I'll be singing my mama's song
[Chorus]
I'm singing down, down, don't you get down
Singing down, down, don't you get down
Singing down, down, don't you get down
Down, down, don't you get down
Down, down, don't get down, baby
Down, down, don't get down, baby
Down, Down was written by Richard Drapkin & Mike Valvano.
Down, Down was produced by Mike Valvano.